I think he left Palace after guiding them into administration. A bad businessman as well as an entitled cunt of a pundit who seems to think his failures make his opines somehow valuable. All round bad egg.
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Yeah I know they all have permy tan so it’s an easy mistake to make.
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Yeah, I’m a dumbass for thinking he was still there. Just because of a pathetic attempt to stay relevant, I guess.
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AS is a true gentleman and we are lucky to have signed Hughes and Edward who managed to cherry pick a wonderful coach and now manager. It reminds me of the 70s era when we lost Shanks and then selected Bob Paisley to continue the legacy of winning and most importantly he like Slot turned out to be a humble and more than capable to take the right decisions at the right time and never claiming the glory and stayed a self effaced man right to the end of his tenure.
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That’s very nicely put, @FGred
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It ignored the full backs and to be fair it wasn’t the managers who deserve criticism it’s the pundits and those bellends on social media.
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Take that back!
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Bellend pundit “How dare they disrespect the league cup like this”.
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Redundant.
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Redundant pundit, the two of you are onto something.
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Slot’s PC:
Yes we respect Southampton and expect a tough game.
No new injuries.
Stop asking me stupid questions about Wirtz and Isak.
Do you remember the Forest match? No? Well, I bloody do!
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Everything AS does is for a specific purpose, that made me realise that I was a bit out of order saying that he treated Chiesa as a two bob academy player. He informed him of his decisions at every stage and one of the most important aspect of getting picked to play is match fitness. The penny finally dropped with Fede in that he worked his socks off to get fit and prove to slot that he could make a difference when selected to play. Slot has earned the reputation of improving players and now I know why.
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Unsure where to put this, but I am a little unsure in how we build up from the back as a team, the type of possession we are having is going nowhere, if it is for control then it isn’t working and if it is to draw teams out again it doesn’t work.
I initially thought that it was to progress the ball into our midfielders feet vertically but that doesn’t happen enough, all we do is slow the game down allowing the opposition to get in position by passing it between our CB’s then as a team presses as a unit we end up hitting a long ball and then losing it.
I have seen us take 2 passes to get the ball to a player when 1 pass is sufficient, I have heard that the idea being that if you pass the ball to player 5 yards away then the defence has to work hard to cover him and then has to move to be in position as the next pass is made.
Personally I think that is rubbish as if a ball travels 5 yards and is stopped before passing another 5 yards It is easier to cover as it is slower, whereas if it travel 20 yards then the whole team have to adjust quicker and further as the ball has travelled the same distance but in a quicker amount of time.
I am a massive fan of possession football, but not just to pass for passings sake, there has to be some threat or to move it in a way to tire a team out. We are far better when we move the ball quicker into feet with vertical balls and good movement to offer angle.
We are too pedestrian at times and then make it easier for the opposition to mark us.
Yet we are top of the league, but I think we do need a rethink what we are doing in possession, just my tuppence worth.
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To be fair I don’t think creating chances was a particular issue in this one.
The fact we conceded 2.92 XG is concerning.
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That’s a mixture of not playing hard and of not being properly set up. The ease with which Palace reached our box was infuriating. In some cases they bypassed the entire midfield with two passes, which is not surprising, considering that Slot opted for the disastrous 4-2-2-2 in the first half. The only other time he employed was also an abject failure, so why he went for it again is mystery.
Slot has to figure things out. From the lack of consistency within the duration of the match, to the vulnerability to counter attacks and set-pieces, which from a strength has become a weakness, to his own tactics and getting the best out of the players at his disposal, like Kerkez and Wirtz. It’s fair to say that he hasn’t done that yet.
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I think we manifestly concentrated on buying more firepower upfront but we should have started shoring up the back line. The Konate issue has affected not just the player himself but also Virgil and the right back.
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